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i found out that my 6.2 SB CC always lean on the driver side (not level). I brought the truck to the dealer and they told me that because the fuel tank was full and it would be heavier on driver side since the tank is on driver side. But no matter what level of fuel in the tank is, the truck is always lean on the driver side.
I called Ford Support and the guy could not answer me after I had to wait for him to call my dealer to find out.
i dont know any of you have the same problem like mine.
p.s: i had f150 2015 sbcc with 34gallon tank and the truck is level.
Not that anyone should have to "fix" this but airbags would be a simple solution. You could inflate the driver side to 10-15 psi and it would level the truck right out, side to side.
That's bs about the fuel tank doing it and that dealer is a lieing piece of s@&$.
Did you have the bed liner sprayed on yourself? I remember a post about a guy who had it done and they didn't reinstall the bed bolts correctly and it had a tilt like this.
All coil sprung Super Dutys have (or will have) some amount of drivers side lean due to the imbalance of weight from side to side. Its referred to as the 'Super Duty Lean'. Simply put, there is more stuff attached to the left side of the truck than the right - not to mention the driver. Ford used to have a TSB for this for 05-07 trucks.
Currently there are few ways to resolve the problem. OUO makes adustable front coil levelers that mount beneath the coils springs. They can be set any where from 0-2.5" of lift (or sag correction), and can be set differently left to right. PMfF also makes 1/4" thick coil spring shims that mount above the coil spring insulator. In the rear, Ford sells shims that go below the spring pack. PMF also sells its fabricated rear blocks in 1/2" increments.
Thus far my two Super Dutys have been between 1/2" and 3/4" lower on the drivers side.
When I first viewed the photo, I thought the lean was attributed to the driveway. But when I copied the photo into another program, I drew a rectangle and rotated it to match your axle and found your truck does indeed lean to the left. FWIW, both of my 2001 and 2005 Excursions had a similar lean, and their 44-gallon fuel tanks were between the frame rails behind the rear axle.
Did you get a spray in bed liner ?
Sometimes when they remove the bed bolts to spray they don't get an even torque replacing them all around. Thought there was a thread on this somewhere on here about some one with LineX Issue.
I have spray in bed liner but they did not take any bolts out, they sprayed all over the bolts. They told me that as Ford instruction, they should not take the bolt out to do the spray in bed liner.
I also found out that my truck box not center with the cab. It is off about 1/2 - 3/4 to the passenger side.
I have spray in bed liner but they did not take any bolts out, they sprayed all over the bolts. They told me that as Ford instruction, they should not take the bolt out to do the spray in bed liner.
When I checked your bed's angularity in the photo, I found the rear bumper is tilted at the same angle as the bed.
Originally Posted by Daicaothu
I also found out that my truck box not center with the cab. It is off about 1/2 - 3/4 to the passenger side.
My 2010 F150 has that same issue. I have not corrected it because I would need access to the bolt heads and they're covered by a spray-in liner.
i found out that my 6.2 SB CC always lean on the driver side (not level). I brought the truck to the dealer and they told me that because the fuel tank was full and it would be heavier on driver side since the tank is on driver side. But no matter what level of fuel in the tank is, the truck is always lean on the driver side.
I called Ford Support and the guy could not answer me after I had to wait for him to call my dealer to find out.
i dont know any of you have the same problem like mine.
p.s: i had f150 2015 sbcc with 34gallon tank and the truck is level.
the fuel tank shouldn't be pulling the driver side down that far, especially since it still has a noticeable lean when empty. what you need to do is take some measurments on all 4 corners to determine how much its leaning. you can do this with tape measure from the ground to the fender well (through center of tire). you can also get underneath and check from the pad on the axle where the bumpstop contacts, up to the metal portion of the bumpstop, if that makes sense.
I would also check the service manual. it may have a section that discusses ride height with illustrations of how and where to measure it. don't be fooled, a truck may never be exactly level but a large noticeable lean suggests something is wrong. the manual may have a spec range that allows a certain amount of lean (example +- 1/2"), simply because the human error factor during assembly and the fact that every spring may not be 100% identical. so they have to factor in some room for error.
depending how drastic your lean is, and is it isolated to just one corner or both corners of the driver side, there could be several things causing it. maybe a bad spring. possibly some suspensions bolts were over tightened. im not sure if theres some caster adjustment on the front radius arms/axle but if you have a ton of positive castor on one side and not much on the other it may be pulling the driver side down. its just a process of elimination to find the source of the problem
as for the bed and cab being out of alignment. its not uncommon. that stuff happens when you pushing vehicles out the door fast as you can. again im sure theres a spec range of acceptability and yours may be within that range. you can easily loosen the bolts and turn the bed so its ligned up straighter. the dealer likely wont bother with it, if its determined to be in the acceptable range
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